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Green copper, vapour refining envisaged at Orion’s Northern Cape base metals mines 
By: Martin Creamer 20th June 2024 Green copper and clean smelting and refining are envisaged at Orion Minerals’ quickly advancing base metals mines in South Africa’s well-endowed... →
Fast-greening Richards Bay Minerals now eyeing on-site renewables, storage, aggregation
By: Martin Creamer 19th June 2024 Energy-intensive Richards Bay Minerals (RBM), which consumes an average of 1.8 terawatts of power a year, was able to secure its latest 140 MW wind... →
Richards Bay Minerals signs agreement for additional 140 MW of renewable energy
By: Martin Creamer 6th June 2024 A second renewable-energy project has been announced for heavy mineral sands extraction and refining company Richards Bay Minerals (RBM), which... →
Vivo Energy to invest over R10bn in South Africa, Patel says
By: Reuters 22nd May 2024 Vivo Energy, owned by global commodities trader Vitol, will invest an initial R10-billion in its South African operations following its merger with... →
Nigeria union requests more troops to combat oil theft
By: Reuters 5th April 2024 Nigeria's oil workers union has asked President Bola Tinubu to deploy more troops, including military chiefs, to combat oil theft and boost output... →
Implats experiencing strong PGMs demand, working on pulling hydrogen uptake closer
By: Martin Creamer 1st March 2024 Platinum group metals (PGM) mining, refining, and marketing company Implats, which reported solid production in a low-price environment on... →
Agency shop agreements and the principle of fairness
1st February 2024 In the recent case of Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union v UASA (Formerly named the United Association of South Africa) and Others... →
Are Nigerians buying the 22nd cheapest petrol in the world? Experts say this is a flawed and misleading comparison
By: Africa Check 31st January 2024 At the start of 2024, a number of Nigerian newspapers reported that the West African country was the 22nd cheapest place in the world to buy... →
